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When Google's content network lacks content

Just how much money does Google make from so-called "domain parkers" - those clever characters who populate countless web pages with nothing but advertising? Judging from a recent legal attack on a small army of these clever characters, Eric Schmidt and his minions make far more than they'd like the world to know. Earlier this …

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I beg your pardon ?

First they say "AdSense for domains allows domain name registrars ... to provide valuable and relevant content on their parked pages,"

Then they say "Parked domain pages generally have no content.."

Sorry, but logic commands those two sentences to be mutually exclusive.

That's like me telling you I only dress in red while wearing white sneakers, black pants and a white shirt.

Will you believe me if I smile ?

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When a normal club isn't enough to beat your enemies senseless...

You need a Gold club manufactured by Vulcan Golf.

Gates Halo

So how about this?

A huge chunk of Google's revenue is based on junk clicks or even fraudulent clicks. It is not only the parked domains or the low quality of clicks from the content network, but the whole search network is full of crap as well. If only Microsoft could offer a clean, fast, and TRANSPARENT advertising solution, I would be more than happy to spend my Euros there.

Oh, by the way, do you remember that when you entered "more evil than satan himself" into the Google search engine, the first result was a link to microsoft.com. Now try the same with "more evil than satan" and look at the second result. Funny, how things change.

BTW, we need a "Google is evil" icon.

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